On 26/01/2018 16:29, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:03:43 +0000, Andrew wrote:

On 25/01/2018 12:24, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:03:26 +0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

"harry" wrote in message
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https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...-test-changes-
May-2018-diesel-cars

Plus diesel emissions to be lower.

glad I have never owned one.....

Ours is on Motability. They'll have to suck it up ...

Do you have to declare it on your P11D as a benefit in kind (that the
rest of the family also benefit from too) ?.

People with company cars have to.

Interesting question.

The actual blurb states that the car has to be used "for the benefit of
the PIP recipient" (and is registered in their name). Motability have
confirmed to me that this includes the partner using it to/from work.
After all, that's benefiting the disabled person ?

I suspect if the use were restricted to solely carrying the disabled
person *and nothing else* the need for second cars would rather make a
mockery of any green credentials any government might want to parade.

Bearing in mind there will be quite a few situations (like ours) where
the recipient of the car is unable to drive it themselves.

https://www.motability.co.uk/about-t...r-can-be-used/

QUOTE
The car is used by, or for the benefit of, the disabled person. This does
not mean that the disabled person needs to be in the car for every
journey. In practice, this means other named drivers in the household can
use the car for shopping and other routine activities, as long as the
disabled customer will benefit
ENDQUOTE


As I suspected. One rule for company car users, and an entirely
separate set of relaxed rules for motability. Unless the person
on benefits cannot drive, surely it should be restricted to
'driver only' ?.

I once watched that program on C5 when the High Court Sheriffs were
trying to recover a debt owed by a young lady to a funeral director.
Apparently ladies mother had died of cancer. She really put on the
whole drama queen entertainment, telling the debt collectors that
they were scum of the earth blah, blah, blah, that she was 'suffering'
from agrophobia and stress and on disability benefits, so had no
assets.

According to lady the Sheriffs were 'picking' on her and her *wife*
because were living in a rented house (quite new) which was all
funded by housing benefit etc.

When they checked her car, it turned out to be a motability car.

They mused on camera, just what her disability was, since she had
no problems giving them the 3rd degree on the doorstep.

A Ford garage near my fathers house in South Wales has a big sign
in their showroom advertising the motability deals they do.
Apparently that, plus PCP loans are their entire business.